MD community solar subscriber bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
A subscriber organization in Maryland's community solar program (CSEGS) files a surety bond with the Public Service Commission. The amount scales with the capacity you operate, and pricing is 1% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. A soft credit pull may apply, especially on larger amounts — it's never a hard inquiry and won't affect your score.
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Apply to filed in one sitting.
Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, pay, and file with the Public Service Commission. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your capacity requires, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with the PSC
Receive the executed bond ready to file with your subscriber-organization registration. The original is mailed to you to sign and file with the obligee.
What it is and who needs it.
What the subscriber organization bond covers
Maryland's Community Solar Energy Generating Systems (CSEGS) program lets households and businesses subscribe to a share of a local solar project and receive credit on their utility bills. A subscriber organization markets, enrolls, and manages those subscriptions, and registers with the Public Service Commission to do so.
The bond runs to the PSC and protects subscribers and the program against a subscriber organization that fails to follow program rules, mishandles subscriber money, or abandons its obligations. It is a compliance and consumer-protection guarantee, not insurance for the organization.
The amount scales with the capacity you operate — under the program rules it has generally been set at $25,000 per megawatt of capacity above the first megawatt. The program began as a pilot and has since been continued; confirm your current required amount with the PSC, enter it here, and pricing starts from $100 — your exact price appears at the application.
You need this bond if you are
One application, one soft pull.
Submit the application with the bond amount the PSC requires, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull — it never affects your score. Pricing starts from $100.
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Subscriber organization bond, issued fast.
Pricing from $100, soft pull only. Enter the amount the PSC requires and file your registration.